Carrigans, County Donegal

Carrigans An Carraigín
Village
Carrigans Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°57′06″N 7°25′43″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Government
• Dáil Éireann	Donegal
Population  (2022)[1]	389
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Website	www.stjohnstonandcarrigans.com

Carrigans (Irish: An Carraigín, meaning 'little rock')^[2] is a village in The Laggan, a district in the east of County Donegal, Ireland. The village is located on the R236 regional road, a short distance from the River Foyle.

History

Carrigans was at one time^[when?] the centre of a major flax and linen producing area, possessing one of the largest flax mills in County Donegal, before the demise of the flax industry in the 1950s.^{[citation needed]} Commercial salmon fishing was also a major employer in the past.^{[citation needed]}

Killea (St. Fiach's) Parish Church (Church of Ireland) is in the village of Carrigans. ^{[citation needed]}

Carrigans once had a railway station, the village being served by the Great Northern Railway, which closed in 1965.^{[citation needed]}

The Bangalore torpedo, an explosive device used in many conflicts, was invented by Captain (later Colonel) McClintock, of Dunmore, Carrigans. ^{[citation needed]}

Carrigans was one of several Protestant villages in eastern Donegal that would have been transferred to Northern Ireland, had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925.^[3]

Notable residents

• Dunmore House, on the edge of the village, was formerly the home of the McClintock dynasty, an Ulster-Scots family. It is now owned by Sir John McFarland, 3rd Bt.^{[citation needed]}
• Sir Jim Starritt, a former Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, was born in Carrigans.^{[citation needed]}
• The writer Dame Agatha Christie visited Carrigans on a few occasions, as a guest of the McClintocks of Dunmore, to whom she was related through marriage.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of populated places in Ireland

External links

• Official site

References

1. "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Carrigans". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
2. "An Carraigín/Carrigans". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
3. "Irish Boundary Commission Report". National Archives. 1925. pp. 140–43.